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  • 98th Bomb Group
    • 98th BG Microfilm AFHRA Maxwell AFB
    • 15th AF Medals Aug-Sept 1944
    • 98th BG B-24 pictures
    • Missions 1- 417 (newly added missions)
    • How I'm Shooting the Records
    • Col. Richard C. Harris, my grandfather
    • Project Gunn
    • VIDEO (silent): 300th Mission, Sept. 13th, 1944, Lecce, Italy
    • VIDEO: (audio) Longer version, April 5, 1943 mission, with crew interviews
    • VIDEO (audio): April 5, 1943 Mission
    • August 1, 1943, Ploesti Mission
    • X: 9th_AF_PLoesti_Contributions
    • 15th AF Ploesti 1943-44 missions: B-24, B-17 Operations, Crash and Damage Photos
    • VIDEO: German Footage of Ploesti Bomb Damage
    • VIDEO (silent): 98th Citation Lecce, Italy
    • 98th BG Interesting Documents
    • 98th Crew Roster (Incomplete)
    • 98th Crew Roster 345th Squadron
    • Ploesti Missions 1942-1944
    • Pucket Medal of Honor Mission July 9, 1944
    • V: 08_04_1942
    • V: 08_14_1942
    • V: 08_15_1942
    • V: 08_16_1942
    • V: 08_21_1942
    • V: 08_25_1942
    • V: 08_28_1942
    • V: 08_29_1942
    • V: 09_1942_Missions
    • V: 09_01_1942
    • V: 09_02_1942
    • V: 09_05_1942
    • V: 09_07_1942
    • V: 09_10_1942
    • V: 09_13_1942
    • V: 09_14_1942
    • V: 09_16_1942
    • V: 09_19_1942
    • V: 09_22_1942
    • V: 09_25_1942
    • V: 09_29_1942
    • V: 10_01_1942
    • V: 10_03_1942
    • V: 10_07_1942
    • V: 10_09_1942
    • V: 10_10_1942
    • V: 10_11_1942
    • V: 10_16_1942
    • V: 10_19_1942
    • V: 10_21_1942
    • V: 10_23_1942
    • V: 10_26_1942
    • V: 10_28_1942
    • V: 10_30_1942
    • V: Other_11_1942_98th_BG
    • V: 11_04_1942
    • V: 11_06_1942
    • V: 11_08_1942
    • V: 11_10_1942
    • V: 11_15_1942
    • V: 11_21_1942
    • V: 11_23_1942
    • V: 11_29_1942
    • V: 12_04_1942
    • V: 12_11_1942
    • V: 12_18_1942
    • V: 12_26_1942
    • V: 12_30_1942
    • W: 01_1943
    • W: 02_1943
    • W: 03_1943
    • W: 04_1943
    • W: 04_26_1943
    • W: 04_28_1943
    • W: 05_1943
    • W: 06_1943
    • W: 07_1943
    • W: 08_13_1943
    • W: 08_19_1943
    • W: 08_21_1943
    • W: 08_23_1943
    • W: 08_25_1943
    • W: 08_28_1943
    • W: 08_31_1943
    • W: 09_1943
    • W: 10_01_1943 Missions
    • W: 10_01_1943_2
    • W: 10_05_1943
    • W: 10_04_1943
    • W: 10_07_43
    • W: 10_08_1943
    • W: 10_09_1943
    • W: 10_10_1943
    • W: 10_14_1943
    • W: 10_20_1943
    • W: 10_21_1943
    • W: 10_24_1943
    • W: 11_01_1943
    • W: 11_02_1943
    • W: 11_05_1943
    • W: 11_11_1943
    • W: 11_15_1943
    • W: 11_19_1943
    • W: 11_22_1943
    • W: 11_24_1943
    • W: 11_25_1943
    • W: 11_28_1943
    • W: 11_29_1943
    • W: 11_30_1943
    • W: 12_01_1943_Missions
    • W: 12_01_1943
    • W: 12_02_1943
    • W: 12_03_1943
    • W: 12_06_1943
    • W: 12_08_1943
    • W: 12_10_1943
    • W: 12_11_1943
    • W: 12_14_1943
    • W: 12_15_1943
    • W: 12_16_1943
    • W: 12_19_1943
    • W: 12_20_1943
    • W: 12_22_1943
    • W: 12_25_1943
    • W: 12_28_1943
    • X: 02_1944
    • X: 03_1944
    • X: 04_01_1944_Missions
    • X: 04_02_1944
    • X: 04_03_1944
    • X: 04_04_1944
    • X: 04_05_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 04_07_1944
    • X: 04_12_1944
    • X: 04_13_1944
    • X: 04_14_1944
    • X: 04_15_1044
    • X: 04_16_1944
    • X: 04_17_1944
    • X: 04_20_1944
    • X: 04_23_1944
    • X: 04_24_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 04_25_1944
    • X: 04_29_1944
    • X: 04_30_1944
    • X: 05_01_1944_Missions
    • X: 05_02_1944
    • X: 05_06_1944
    • X: 05_07_1944
    • X: 05_10_1944
    • X: 05_13_1944
    • X: 05_14_1944
    • X: 05_17_1944
    • X: 05_18_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 05_19_1944
    • X: 05_22_1944
    • X: 05_23_1944
    • X: 05_24_1944
    • X: 05_25_1944
    • X: 05_26_1944
    • X: 05_27_1944
    • X: 05_29_1944
    • X: 05_30_1944
    • X: 05_31_1944
    • X: 06_01_1944_Missions
    • X: 06_06_1944
    • X: 06_10_1944
    • X: 06_11_1944
    • X: 06_13_1944
    • X: 06_14_1944
    • X: 06_16_1944
    • X: 06_22_1944
    • X: 06_23_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 06_24_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 06_25_1944
    • X: 06_26_1944
    • X: 06_27_1944
    • X: 06_30_1944
    • X: 07_01_1944_Missions
    • X: 07_02_1944
    • X: 07_03_1944
    • X: 07_04_1944
    • X: 07_05_1944
    • X: 07_07_1944
    • X: 07_06_1944
    • X: 07_08_1944
    • X: 07_09_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 07_12_1944
    • X: 07_13_1944
    • X: 07_14_1944
    • X: 07_15_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 07_21_1944
    • X: 07_22_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 07_24_1944
    • X: 07_26_1944
    • X: 07_27_1944
    • X: 07_30_1944
    • X: 07_31_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 08_01_1944_missions
    • X: 08_01_1944_Missions
    • X: 08_06_1944
    • X: 08_09_1944
    • X: 08_10_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 08_12_1944
    • X: 08_13_1944
    • X: 08_14_1944
    • X: 08_15_1944
    • X: 08_17_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 08_18_1944_PLOESTI
    • X: 08_26_1944
    • X:08_26_1944
    • X: 08_29_1944
    • X: 08_30_1944
    • X: September 1944 missions
    • X: 09_01_1944
    • X: 09_02_1944
    • X: 09_05_1944
    • X: 09_08_1944
    • X: 09_06_1944
    • X: 09_10_1944
    • Y: 09_12_1944
    • X: 09_13_1944
    • X: 09_15_1944
    • X: 09_17_1944
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    • X: 09_19_1944
    • X:09_20_1944
    • X: 09_21_1944
    • X: 09_22_1944
    • X: 09_23_1944
    • X: 09_24_1944
    • X: 11_01_1944_Missions
    • X: 09_20_1944
    • X: 10_07_1944
    • X: 11_03_1944
    • X: 11_04_1944
    • X: 11_05_1944
    • X: 11_06_1944
    • X: 11_07_1944
    • X: 11_08_1944
    • X: 11_11_1944
    • X: 11_12_1944
    • X: 11_14_1944
    • X: 11_15_1944
    • X: 11_19_1944
    • X: 11_22_1944
    • X: 11_23_1944
    • X: 12_02_1944
    • X: 12_03_1944
    • X: 12_06_1944
    • X: 12_07_1944
    • X: 12_08_1944
    • X: 12_11_1944
    • X: 12_12_1944
    • X: 12_15_1944
    • X: 12_16_1944
    • X: 12_17_1944
    • X: 12_18_1944
    • X: 12_19_1944
    • X: 12_21_1944
    • X: 12/25/1944
    • X: 12_26_1944
    • X: 12_27_1944
    • X: 12_28_1944
    • X: 12_29_1944
    • Y: 01_04_1945
    • Y: 01_04_05
    • Y: 01_08_1945
    • Y: 01_15_1945
    • Y: 01_19_1945
    • Y: 01_31_1945
    • Y: 02_01_1945
    • Y: 02_05_1945
    • Y: 02_14_1945
    • Y: 02_15_1945
    • Y: 02_16_1945
    • Y: 02_17_1945
    • Y: 02_19_1945
    • Y: 02_20_1945
    • Y: 02_21_1945
    • Y: 02_22_1945
    • Y: 02_23_1945
    • Y: 02_24_1945
    • Y: 02_24_1945
    • Y: 02_25_1945
    • Y: 02_26_1945
    • Y: 02_27_1945
    • Y: 02_28_1945
    • Y: 03_08_1945
    • Maxwell AFB Microfilm
    • V: Other November 1942 Files
    • Maxwell AFB Microfilm 98th BG
  • 448th Bomb Group
    • 8th and 15th AF flight, ground crew and crash photos: B-24, B-17, P-51, B-26, P-47, P-38
    • 8th AF 448th BG World War II
    • How I am shooting the records
    • VIDEO (silent): 8th AF mission to Muenster, Germany
    • W: 12_22_1943
    • W: 12_24_1943
    • W: 12_30_1943
    • W: 12_31_1943
    • X: 01_04_1944
    • X: 01_05_1944
    • X: 01_29_1944
    • X: 02_06_1944
    • X: 02_10_1944
    • X: 02_11_1944
    • X: 02_13_1944
    • X: 02_20_1944
    • X: 02_25_1944
    • X: 02_28_1944
    • X: 02_28_1944
    • X: 03_03_1944
    • X: 03_04_1944
    • X: 03_05_1944
    • X: 03_06_1944
    • X: 03_08_1944
    • X: 03_09_1944
    • X: 03_13_1944
    • X: 03_15_1944
    • X: 03_16_1944
    • X: 03_18_1944
    • X: 03_19_1944
    • X: 03_22_1944
    • X: 03_22_1944
    • X: 03_23_1944
    • X: 03_24_1944
    • X: 03_26_1944
    • X: 03_29_1944
    • X: 03_29_1944
    • X: 04_01_1944
    • X: 04_05_1944
    • X: 04_08_1944
    • X: 04_10_1944
    • X: 04_12_1944
    • X: 04_18_1944
    • X: 04_20_1944
    • X: 04_22_1944
    • X: 04_24_1944
    • X: 04_26_1944
    • X: 04_29_1944
    • X: 05_01_1944
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    • X: 05_06_1944
    • X: 05_07_1944
    • X: 05_08_1944
    • X: 05_09_1944
    • X: 05_10_1944
    • X: 05_11_1944
    • X: 05_14_1944
    • x: 05_16_1944
    • x: 05_17_1944
    • x: 05_19_1944
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    • X: 06_01_1944
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    • X: 06_04_1944
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    • X: 06_20_1944
    • X: 06_21_1944
    • X:06_22_1944
    • X:06_25_1944
    • X:06_27_1944
    • X:06_28_1944
    • X: 07_08_1944
    • X: 08_11_1944
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    • X: 08_18_1944
    • X: 08_26_1944
    • X: 08_27_1944
    • X: 09_08_1944
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    • X: 09_11_1944
    • X: 09_12_1944
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    • X: 09_30_1944
    • X: 10_02_1944
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    • X: 10_06_1944
    • X: 10_08_1944
    • X: 10_09_1944
    • X: 10_13_1944
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    • X: 10_26_1944
    • X: 11_02_1944
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    • X: 11_08_1944
    • X: 11_16_1944
    • X: 11_21_1944
    • X: 11_27_1944
    • X: 11_29_1944
    • X: 12_08_1944
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    • X: 12_15_1944
    • x: 12_18_1944
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    • X: 12_24_1944
    • X: 12_25_1944
    • X: 12_28_1944
    • X: 12_30_1944
    • Y: 02_19_1945
    • Y: 01_01_1945
    • Y: 01_02_1945
    • Y: 01_03_1945
    • Y: 01_05_1945
    • Y: 01_06_1945
    • Y: 01_07_1945
    • Y: 01_10_1945
    • Y: 01_14_1945
    • Y: 01_15_1945
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    • Y: 01_24_1945
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    • Y: 01_31_1945
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    • Y: 02_06_1945
    • Y: 02_08_1945
    • Y: 02_09_1945
    • Y: 02_10_1945
    • Y: 02_14_1945
    • Y: 02_16_1945
    • Y: 02_19_1945_2
    • Y: 02_20_1945
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    • Y: 03_08_1945
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    • Y: 03_17_1945
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    • Y: 04_11_1945
    • Y: 04_13_1945
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    • Y: 04_16_1945
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    • Y: 04_26_1945
    • Y: 05_09_1945
    • X;09_27_1944
    • Abuelo 1st 448th Mission & Crew Photo
  • Pathfinders
    • S/Sgt Terrence "Salty" Harris, Great-Uncle
    • IX Troop Carrier Command Unit Narrative
    • S-3 Reports Operation Neptune
    • Carentan - addtl file
    • 502nd Cassidy's BN
    • S-2 Log Operation Neptune
    • Leach summary of Normandy drop
    • 506th at Carentan
    • Flight records of Pathfinder A/C
    • 506th PIR Fox Company George Goodridge memoir
  • Other Bomb Groups
    • 92nd BG
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    • 7th BG
    • 2nd BG: 49th, 96th, 429th and 20th bomb squadrons
    • 319th BG
    • 389th Bomb Group
    • 376th BG
    • 44th BG April 1 1944
    • 392nd BG April 1, 1944
    • Meyerowitz MACR
    • CAF B-29 FiFi
    • IRAQ2003
    • 2ND BG: Mission performance reports
    • 2nd BG 49th, 429th, 96th and 20th BS
    • New Archives Photos
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How I'm Shooting the Records

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  • All of the information I've found is at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. The videos are on 35mm and 16 mm film. They have projectors to watch the film, and you bring in your own digital camera/camcorder to record a copy/ The metal film boxes house the 343rd briefing and the film reels had the 300th mission and citation films.

    All of the information I've found is at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. The videos are on 35mm and 16 mm film. They have projectors to watch the film, and you bring in your own digital camera/camcorder to record a copy/ The metal film boxes house the 343rd briefing and the film reels had the 300th mission and citation films.

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  • The set up. After one colossal mishap with an unruly reel of 16mm film, all went well.

    The set up. After one colossal mishap with an unruly reel of 16mm film, all went well.

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  • The text records -- all the mission reports -- are in boxes and well cared for, however as you've seen in many of the photographs, the documents themselves are either torn, or breaking apart, or the text is fading. So that's why I'm getting them all online digitally.

    The text records -- all the mission reports -- are in boxes and well cared for, however as you've seen in many of the photographs, the documents themselves are either torn, or breaking apart, or the text is fading. So that's why I'm getting them all online digitally.

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  • Each month of mission reports is stored in a box like this.

    Each month of mission reports is stored in a box like this.

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  • This is the set up for photographing the documents. It's a very slow process. I've been averaging about 120 documents an hour, then going home and processing them for the web is another day or so, Based on what I've seen in each box -- there are about 20,000 to 24,000 pieces of paper stored in boxes on the 98th's operations from 1942 to 1945. But we're going to get all of them :)  (pics were taken with my Camera phone.)

    This is the set up for photographing the documents. It's a very slow process. I've been averaging about 120 documents an hour, then going home and processing them for the web is another day or so, Based on what I've seen in each box -- there are about 20,000 to 24,000 pieces of paper stored in boxes on the 98th's operations from 1942 to 1945. But we're going to get all of them :) (pics were taken with my Camera phone.)

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